[PLUG] Resolved - Browser won't browse

[Kenneth G. Stephens]

If you are running a RedHat distro, then the GATEWAY statement should be
placed in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file.  This will
create the gateway, default route at bootup, or whenever you up the eth0
device.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Richard Steffens
> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:17 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Resolved - Browser won't browse
>
>
> Matt Alexander wrote:
>
> > The second line is fine.  Type this to set your gateway:
> >
> > route add default gw 192.168.0.1
>
> That helps. Now I get:
>
> Destination   Gateway       Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.0.0   0.0.0.0       255.255.255.0   U     0      0     0 eth0
> 127.0.0.0     0.0.0.0       255.0.0.0       U     0      0     0 lo
> 0.0.0.0       192.168.0.1   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0     0 eth0
>
> and I can browse the Internet. But, if I restart the network, the third
> line is no longer there. However, this did suggest a place to look. I
> logged out and logged back in as root and looked in the Gnome menus for
> something with which to set configurations -- I didn't remember what it
> was called. I found LinuxConf and sure enough, there was a place to put
> the Gateway, and it was empty. I put 192.168.0.1 into that field.
> Everything works as expected. Plus, now that I remember what it's
> called, I can su and run /sbin/linuxconf without logging out and logging
> back in as root.
>
> Thanks to all for your assistance.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
> http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
>
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